New Member Spotlight: Mirna Johnson

Mirna Johnson grew up in Miami, Florida and made her way to California 5 years ago, living in San Jose for about 1 year and half. She began her career as a Business Analyst for Accenture after she graduated from the University of Florida with a dual B.S. in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in 2008. After two years, she joined Boeing at the the Satellite Development Center rotating among different groups to expand her systems engineering experience by performing satellite testing and being the technical contact for development of UHF payload units. She is the project Systems Engineer at NASA Ames Research Center working on the Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration (ATD-1). In this position, she is implementing systems engineering processes to research and development projects that are transferring technology concepts to industry and other government agencies. She will be graduating this December from the University of Southern California with an M.S. in Systems Engineering and Architecture.